Information and training measures for workers' organisations
SOCPL Project Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- SOCPL-2021-INFO-WK
- Programme
- Information and training measures for workers' organisations
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- April 6, 2021
- Deadline
- June 9, 2021
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €5,930,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- –
- Expected Number of Grants
- –
- Keywords
- SOCPL-2021-INFO-WKSOCPL-2021-INFO-WK
Description
This call aims at strengthening the capacity of workers' organisations to address, at EU/transnational level, challenges related to changes in employment and work and social dialogue.
Scope:Actions that address the following themes will be particularly welcome: - modernisation of the labour market, job creation and job matching, employment in SMEs; - new forms of work; - quality of work, anticipation, preparation and management of change and restructuring; - digitalisation of the economy and society – including artificial intelligence; - the greening of the economy, sustainability, transition to a climate-neutral economy; - flexicurity, skills; - intra-EU labour mobility, migration, youth employment, health and safety at work, modernisation of social protection systems; - reconciliation of work and family life, gender equality, action in the field of anti-discrimination, active ageing, healthier and longer working lives, active inclusion and decent work; - tackling the employment, social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis, and the particular role of workers’ organisations / social partners, in this respect.
The types of activities which may be funded under this call for proposals include: conferences, seminars, round tables, studies, surveys, publications, training courses, development of training tools, the setting up of networks and the development and exchange of best practices.
Eligibility & Conditions
Conditions
1. Eligible countries: as described in the Call document.
EU Member States and in some cases from the European Economic Area (EEA) countries, in accordance with the EEA Agreement.
2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: as described in the Call document.
Applications must be submitted before the call deadline and electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System. Paper submissions are NOT possible.
Applications (including annexes and supporting documents) must be submitted using the forms provided inside the Submission System.
Applications must be complete and contain:
- Application Form (Part A)
- Application Form (Part B)
- Annexes and supporting documents (to be uploaded as PDF files).
At proposal submission, the lead applicant will have to confirm that it has the mandate to act for all applicants; that the information in the application is correct and complete and that the participants comply with the conditions for receiving EU funding (especially eligibility, financial and operational capacity, exclusion, etc). Before signing the grant, each beneficiaries and affiliated entities will have to confirm this again by signing a declaration of honour (DoH).
Applications must be readable, accessible and printable, not exceeding [70] pages.
3. Evaluation
The award criteria for this call are as follows:
- Relevance: clarity and consistency of project, objectives and planning; extent to which they match the themes and priorities and objectives of the call; European/trans-national dimension; impact/interest for a number of countries (EU or eligible non-EU countries); possibility to use the results in other countries; potential to develop mutual trust/cross-border cooperation (Max. 30 points)
- Quality:
- Project design and implementation: logical links between the identified problems, needs and solutions proposed (logical frame concept); methodology for implementing the project (concept & methodology, management, procedures, timetable, risks & risk management, monitoring and evaluation); feasibility of the project within the proposed time frame; cost effectiveness (sufficient/appropriate budget for proper implementation; best value for money) (Max. 25 points)
- Project team and cooperation arrangements: quality of the consortium and project teams (in the case of sole applicant : quality of the internal working arrangements); appropriate procedures and problem-solving mechanisms for cooperating within the project teams and/or consortium (Max. 25 points)
- Impact: ambition and expected long-term impact of results on target groups; appropriate dissemination strategy for ensuring sustainability and long-term impact; sustainability of results after EU funding ends (Max. 20 points)
4. Indicative timetable for evaluation and grant agreement: as described in the Call document.
5. Proposal templates, guidance and model grant agreements (MGA):
Standard proposal template: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/temp-form/af/af_esf-socpl_en.pdf
Call document: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/socpl/wp-call/2021/call-fiche_socpl-2021-info-wk_en.pdf
Mono/Multi-beneficiary Model Grant Agreement: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/agr-contr/general-mga_esf-socpl_en.pdf
Support & Resources
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